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2022 Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

7 Ranked Colleges
105 Degrees Awarded
$15,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

Media Arts is the 116th most popular major in the country with 9,028 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 229 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 105 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in media arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent media arts programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the media arts program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree interactive multimedia students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Media Arts (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, Iowa
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Northern Iowa. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Northern Iowa is a medium-sized school located in Cedar Falls, Iowa that handed out 36 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2019-2020.

UNI also made our “Best Media Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $10,757 for plains states region bachelor’s degree interactive multimedia students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UNI.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full University of Northern Iowa Media Arts Report

#2

Bethany Lutheran College

Mankato, Minnesota
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bethany Lutheran College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Mankato, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

BLC also took the #6 spot in our “Best Media Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $10,038 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Interactive Multimedia students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend BLC.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Media Arts at BLC

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Moorhead landed the #3 spot on the list. Moorhead, Minnesota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

MSU Moorhead not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Media Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Minnesota State University - Moorhead is $12,484 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Interactive Multimedia students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full MSU Moorhead Media Arts Report

#4

Buena Vista University

Storm Lake, Iowa
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Buena Vista University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Storm Lake, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s interactive multimedia students in 2019-2020.

BVU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Media Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Buena Vista University is $14,210 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Interactive Multimedia students whose families make $0-$30k.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Media Arts at BVU

#5

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Webster University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Webster is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Webster also took the #5 spot in our “Best Media Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Webster is $18,661 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Interactive Multimedia students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Media Arts at Webster

#6

Augsburg University

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#2 in overall quality

Augsburg University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s interactive multimedia students in 2019-2020.

Augsburg also took the #2 spot in our “Best Media Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Augsburg is $21,179 for plains states region bachelor’s degree interactive multimedia students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Media Arts at Augsburg University

#7

Evangel University

Springfield, Missouri
#4 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Evangel University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Evangel University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Springfield, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree interactive multimedia students whose families make $0-$30k list, Evangel has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Media Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $21,243 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Interactive Multimedia students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Evangel.

The low student loan default rate of 5.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Evangel University Media Arts Report

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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